American raiders: the race to capture the Luftwaffe's secrets
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 479-484) and index World War II · Cold War-- & . At the close of World War II, Allied forces faced frightening new German secret weapons--buzz bombs, V-2s, and the first jet fighters. When Hitler's war machine began to collapse, the race was on to snatch these secrets before the Soviet Red Army found them. The last battle of World War II, then, was not for military victory but for the technology of the Third Reich. In American Raiders: The Race to Capture the Luftwaffe's Secrets Wolfgang Samuel assembles from official Air Force records and survivors' interviews the largely untold stories of the disarmament of the Cover13; -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- 1. The Way Things Were8212;1945 -- 2. The German Jets -- 3. Jet Encounters -- 4. The Defiant Few -- 5. Colonel Harold E. Watson -- 6. The 1st Tactical Air Force (Provisional) -- 7. Organizing to Disarm the Luftwaffe -- 8. Operation Lusty -- 9. Solving the Japanese Riddle -- 10. A Mother Lode of Aviation Technology -- 11. The Secrets of V246;lkenrode and Kochel -- 12. The Feudin 54th -- 13. Watson Picks His Team -- 14. Lager Lechfeld -- 15. P-47 Jug Pilots -- 16. Watsons Whizzers -- 17. The Merseburg Fan Club -- 18. Project Seahorse -- 19. Melun-Villaroche -- 20. Roast Duck at Aalborg -- 21. The Arado 234 Caper -- 22. So Far, So Good -- 23. The Conquering Hero -- 24. The Focke-Wulf 190 Tragedy -- 25. Air Shows and Air Races -- 26. The Birth of Project Overcast -- 27. Project Overcast and One Mans Experience -- 28. From Overcast to Paperclip -- 29. How Captain Wenzel Made American Citizens Out of Enemy Aliens -- 30. The Way Things Changed -- Afterword: What Became of All These Good Men? -- Notes -- Sources -- Index |
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| spelling | Samuel, Wolfgang W. E. Verfasser aut American raiders the race to capture the Luftwaffe's secrets Wolfgang W.E. Samuel Jackson University Press of Mississippi ©2004 1 Online-Ressource (xvii, 493 pages) txt rdacontent c rdamedia cr rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 479-484) and index World War II · Cold War-- & . At the close of World War II, Allied forces faced frightening new German secret weapons--buzz bombs, V-2s, and the first jet fighters. When Hitler's war machine began to collapse, the race was on to snatch these secrets before the Soviet Red Army found them. The last battle of World War II, then, was not for military victory but for the technology of the Third Reich. In American Raiders: The Race to Capture the Luftwaffe's Secrets Wolfgang Samuel assembles from official Air Force records and survivors' interviews the largely untold stories of the disarmament of the Cover13; -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- 1. The Way Things Were8212;1945 -- 2. The German Jets -- 3. Jet Encounters -- 4. The Defiant Few -- 5. Colonel Harold E. Watson -- 6. The 1st Tactical Air Force (Provisional) -- 7. Organizing to Disarm the Luftwaffe -- 8. Operation Lusty -- 9. Solving the Japanese Riddle -- 10. A Mother Lode of Aviation Technology -- 11. The Secrets of V246;lkenrode and Kochel -- 12. The Feudin 54th -- 13. Watson Picks His Team -- 14. Lager Lechfeld -- 15. P-47 Jug Pilots -- 16. Watsons Whizzers -- 17. The Merseburg Fan Club -- 18. Project Seahorse -- 19. Melun-Villaroche -- 20. Roast Duck at Aalborg -- 21. The Arado 234 Caper -- 22. So Far, So Good -- 23. The Conquering Hero -- 24. The Focke-Wulf 190 Tragedy -- 25. Air Shows and Air Races -- 26. The Birth of Project Overcast -- 27. Project Overcast and One Mans Experience -- 28. From Overcast to Paperclip -- 29. How Captain Wenzel Made American Citizens Out of Enemy Aliens -- 30. The Way Things Changed -- Afterword: What Became of All These Good Men? -- Notes -- Sources -- Index World War / (1939-1945) fast 1900 - 1999 fast Geschichte 1900-2000 Geschichte 1945 gnd rswk-swf HISTORY / Military / World War II. bisacsh Aeronautics, Military / Research fast Science fast Technology fast Technology transfer fast Geschichte Naturwissenschaft Weltkrieg (1939-1945) Aeronautics, Military Research United States History 20th century Technology transfer Germany History 20th century Technology transfer United States History 20th century World War, 1939-1945 Science World War, 1939-1945 Technology Kriegsbeute (DE-588)4377205-5 gnd rswk-swf Militärtechnik (DE-588)4074823-6 gnd rswk-swf Zweiter Weltkrieg (DE-588)4079167-1 gnd rswk-swf Geheimwaffe (DE-588)4113683-4 gnd rswk-swf Technologietransfer (DE-588)4059277-7 gnd rswk-swf Luftwaffe (DE-588)4125963-4 gnd rswk-swf Deutschland USA Deutschland (DE-588)4011882-4 gnd rswk-swf USA (DE-588)4078704-7 gnd rswk-swf USA (DE-588)4078704-7 g Luftwaffe (DE-588)4125963-4 s Militärtechnik (DE-588)4074823-6 s Zweiter Weltkrieg (DE-588)4079167-1 s Technologietransfer (DE-588)4059277-7 s 1\p DE-604 Deutschland (DE-588)4011882-4 g Geheimwaffe (DE-588)4113683-4 s Kriegsbeute (DE-588)4377205-5 s Geschichte 1945 z 2\p DE-604 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=221064 Aggregator Volltext 1\p cgwrk 20201028 DE-101 https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk 2\p cgwrk 20201028 DE-101 https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk |
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